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Description: | French NCO served with French Army on Western Front, 1918
REEL 1 Recollections of service as NCO with French Army in Aisne area, France, 9/1918-11/1918: effect of German and French shell fire on front line trenches in close proximity in Port Pompel sector; German resistance to initial probing attack, 4/10/1918; question of booby traps during advance following German retreat, 5/10/1918;; forced crossing of River Suippe; minimal German resistance during successful advance across open ground; first impressions on joining unit, 9/1918; casualties from minenwerfer fire on taking over front line trenches, 10/1918; German shell fire; ration parties; German resistance to initial probing attack, 4/10/1918; danger of running into German rearguards during advance following German retreat; operations to cross River Aisne; German flooding of Aisne; resumption of advance and scouting role of cavalry. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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